Doily Bowl DIY: A Colorful Touch for Any Room

Create a unique DIY doily bowl with fabric stiffener! This simple craft adds a touch of elegance to your decor in just a few easy steps.

Skills Required: None. Even if you’ve never crafted or Mod Podged before, you can do this project. It’s great for beginning crafters.

About a year ago I found a bunch of colorful doilies in the dollar bin at Michaels. I wasn’t quite sure what I was going to do with them at the time – in fact, I thought I might use them on canvases.

I bought a bunch of them and then never put them on canvas . . . so upon recent assessment of my craft supply bin, I realized it was time to either use them or lose them. So I grabbed some Mod Podge Stiffy and decided to use one to make a doily bowl.

Then I made more than one! Learn how this easy adult craft is done below. Oh, and if you want to see a video – I’ve embedded one at the bottom. Check that out too!

Gather These Supplies

• Doilies – any size, any color
• Mod Podge Stiffy or other fabric stiffener
• Aluminum foil or plastic wrap (or both)
• Real bowls a little larger than the bowl size you want to make
• Small plastic container used for crafts

When you’re done, you’ll be surprised that you have REAL bowls! That hold candy and stuff. I’m going to try this with doilies of various sizes – AND think about the containers you could use that would make different shapes. So cool.

Are you ready to get the how-to? Check it out below!

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Doily Bowls

Learn how to make bowls using doilies! These lace bowls use fabric stiffener and are great for holidays.

Prep Time10 minutes mins

Active Time20 minutes mins

Dry Time12 hours hrs

Total Time12 hours hrs 30 minutes mins

Type: Crafts

Yield: 2 bowls

Cost: $2

Equipment

• 2 Bowl(s) a little larger than the bowl size you want to make
• Small plastic container

Materials

• 2 Doilies any size, any color
• Fabric stiffener like Mod Podge Stiffy
• Aluminum foil or plastic wrap or both

Instructions

• Cover a bowl with aluminum foil or plastic wrap. Cover a cookie sheet at the same time.
  
• Add fabric stiffener to a plastic bowl – enough to cover the doilies when they are submerged.
  
• Add a doily to the stiffener and push it around. Take it out of the Stiffy and squeeze out the excess.
  
• Take the doily out of the liquid and squeeze out the excess. Spread the doily out on the bowl, making sure to center it. Wrap the doily around the sides of the bowl and press down. Repeat with a second doily.
  
• Place the bowls on the covered cookie sheet and place somewhere to dry overnight.
  
• Release the doilies from the bowls to use.
  

Video

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